As we always post in our app (iOS/Android), here are grades and breakdowns for each Sixers player’s performance in the team’s 132-127 win over the Phoenix Suns. The ratings scale is 1-5 stars.

Joel Embiid (42 PTS, 18 REB, 2 AST): 5 stars

Aside from a few shaky decisions late in the game, Embiid was nothing short of supreme. He racked up 30 points and 14 rebounds before halftime, feasting inside on quick seals, the occasional post-up, high-low feeds for dunks and at the free-throw line (17-of-19 for the game).

“He’s strung now eight of those types of first halves this year,” Sixers head coach Brett Brown said. “It’s just incredibly dominant.”

Forty-two points left him just four shy of his career-high. While the box score only reads two assists, Embiid sprinkled in some nice cross-court passes from the post as well. Defensively, he was sharp on rotations, altered shots in the paint and even flashed more...